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Forensics: Rock ‘n’ molar: Bite marks on Steinway grand piano likely to have been made by Thomas Edison, who used to ‘hear through his teeth’
American inventor was known to pick up good vibrations in his skull — Read on http://www.musicradar.com/news/thomas-edison-bite-marks-steinway-piano
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Forensics: The history of DAs supporting junk science. A look back in time.
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Forensics: Awesome. Marvel chairman commits millions for Cardozo law school to fight faulty forensics.
From bite marks to blood spatter, a New York law school wants to train current and future attorneys about forensic evidence and the ways it can be misused in the courtroom. — Read on http://www.reuters.com/legal/legalindustry/marvel-chairman-commits-millions-law-school-fight-faulty-forensics-2022-10-27/
Forensics: I Told You So. Forensic Bitemark Analysis Not Supported by Sufficient Data, NIST Draft Review Finds | NIST
NIST scientific foundation reviews address issues of accuracy, reliability and validity in forensic science. — Read on http://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2022/10/forensic-bitemark-analysis-not-supported-sufficient-data-nist-draft-review
Forensics: Bitemarker co-founder Souviron recants 1985 testimony that convicted him. But judge doesn’t care the science didn’t hold up. 37 years later he’s still in an Alabama prison.
Teeth marks convicted him, but the science didn’t hold up. 37 years later he’s still in an Alabama prison. – al.com — Read on http://www.al.com/news/2022/10/teeth-marks-convicted-him-but-the-science-didnt-hold-up-37-years-later-hes-still-in-an-alabama-prison.html
Forensics: Ive never seen a bitemark like this. Obviously a fake. Armie Hammer Documentary Removes Bite Mark Pic, Viewers Think It’s A Tattoo
Discovery+’s new series “House of Hammer” is removing an alleged image of a bite mark after viewers believed it was actually an image of a tattoo. — Read on http://www.tmz.com/2022/09/07/armie-hammer-docuseries-remove-bite-mark-tattoo-house-hammer/
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Forensics: Danny Lee Hill ‘bite-mark’ claim sent to US judge
Post convictin DAs say the junk science had no effect on the conviction. Utter BS. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Sixth District Court of Appeals has ordered a public defender’s bid to reopen convicted murderer Danny Lee Hill’s new … Continue reading
Forensics: Exploding the myth of CSI heroes who are really villains. How fake science corrupts criminal justice
In 1992, Eddie Lee Howard, a poor black man, was accused of murdering an 84-year-old woman in Lowndes County, Mississippi. Howard had a solid alibi, and the state had no concrete evidence against him. In the original autopsy, the assigned … Continue reading
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